Dog Island

Dog Island is an island in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Dog Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cape Rosier, as well as near the hamlet Eggemoggin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pumpkin Island Light.

Pumpkin Island Light

Lighthouse

Pumpkin Island Light is a lighthouse on Pumpkin Island, at the northwestern entrance to Eggemoggin Reach, a channel running northwest to southeast between Penobscot Bay and Blue Hill Bay on the central-eastern coast of Maine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harborside and Brooksville.

Harborside

Neighborhood

Harborside is an unincorporated village in the town of Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine, United States. The community is located on the west coast of Cape Rosier, on Penobscot Bay, 24 miles southwest of Ellsworth.

Brooksville

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Brooksville is a town on Penobscot Bay in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 935. It contains the villages of North Brooksville, South Brooksville, West Brooksville, Brooksville Corner, and Harborside. Brooksville is situated 4½ miles northeast of Dog Island.

Castine

Photo: DrStew82, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castine is a town in Hancock County in eastern Maine, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2020 census. Castine is the home of Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine and marine related industries.

Dog Island

Type: Island
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.32006° or 44° 19′ 12″ north

Longitude

-68.76961° or 68° 46′ 11″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87PH86CJ+25

OpenStreetMap ID

way 696073558

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4962653

Wikidata ID

Q49636746

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Dog Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Dog Island”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cape Rosier and Eggemoggin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thrumcap Island and Buck Island.

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